Maryland To Draft Rules On Vendor Sales To Foreign Entities

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials want new rules to require state contractors to notify the state at least 30 days before a company is sold to a foreign entity, a move prompted after state officials learned last summer a Russian oligarch was heavily invested in a company that maintained key parts of the state’s election infrastructure.
The three-member Board of Public Works asked board staff to draft the new regulations at a meeting Wednesday.
Gov. Larry Hogan noted that the c